Los Angeles with remnants of tropical storm Mario

I went to the gym and inadvertently watched a Post Malone video. I am officially post-Post-Malone. I regret this. As someone with not even one face tattoo, I am probably not his demographic, however.

This is a nice mushroom @lukelukeluke.bsky.social

Seeds are so cheap. Also so risky…but cheap! I have bought a bunch of cool-season seeds. If they don’t work out 🤷‍♂️

A gulf fritillary hanging out on the zinnias

Bring it on! #halloween

Nantucket dinner—deli Italian sandwiches, wine, and some pellegrino #summer #blueskyartshow

The last tomatoes plus some of the new crop of limes in one of my favorite uranium glass bowls #summer #blueskyartshow

Steak au poivre following the #AmericasTestKitchen recipe

When you’ve set up auto-pay for your car, it’s really auto auto-pay, isn’t it?

Hobo can share…sort of… #cat

The answer to the last game is “let the wookie win” Congratulations to those who found it #game

New puzzle! As always it is a quote. See the rules in the pic. Per ple roohie siq #game

Los Angeles #skyline #blueskyartshow

The answer to the last puzzle is “never tell me the odds” from Star Wars #game

New quiz! LEZEM REPH QE RLE OHBW The solution to yesterday’s quiz was “he kindly stopped for me” which is the second line of Dickinson’s “because I could not stop for Death”. Today’s quote goes a different direction. #quiz #game

I had a dream in which I invented a quiz game. You get a phrase like this: Fe nikghy pxoqmeb kom pe The vowels are correct. The consonants are shifted up to five alphabet places from the actual letter. You get a point for solving the puzzle and a point for identifying the phrase. #quiz #dream

A stem of the dahlias broke off so I brought it in—here it is in a uranium glass swung vase. There are many similar vases—I don’t think I ever identified this one . #dahlias #uraniumglass

We had a LOVELY “elevensies” at Salt in Marina del Rey #elevensies

Glamour-shot of our haul from the Torrance farmers’ market this was about $13 #veggies

Paws up if you’re ready for #caturday (Hobo is ready to take one for the team)

a bit of the sketch and the final version of “A horrifying mess he made” #art

Working on a new project—this is a sketch. The prompt was “A horrifying mess he made.” #art

My assistant says the things I am looking for are not in this cupboard #cat

Paint me like your French girls #cat

Theory: pistachios are the clams of the nut world: if they open, they’re good, but if they don’t, walk away #nut #good #bad

Hobo #cat

Caught our robovac, Katamari, engaged in a little mischief 🤷‍♀️ #robot

Air travel should be this much fun!

As Rebecca completed the final incantation, the ground began to rumble. In an explosion of earth and grass, the giant form of a thing that both was and wasn’t Twilight Sparkle burst from the ground. Its eyes glowing crimson, its long teeth gleaming, it raised its head and roared.

A great interview with Dolores Huerta from Politico www.politico.com/news/magazin...

Me too, shirt-sleeve, me too #ThingsWithFaces

Went to Costco around 11 today (Friday) and it was super packed. I’m wondering if it was just a random thing or if I’m seeing the impact of inflation and tariff fears on regular folks? #costco #tariffs

My father-in-law thinks living in California is ‘insanity’, but if this is crazy, I don’t want to be sane :) #california

I just followed someone else’s cat on Bluesky, and then I was like “OMG—am I sneaking around behind my furbabies’ backs, cheating on them?!?” #cat

Me: Wow, this is a nice strong immune response to the pneumonia vaccine. Also me: WAAAAAHHH! #vaccine

RIP Tom Lehrer, your work stayed totally relevant for more than 60 years, I memorized much of it, you absolutely ruled, you made your entire body of work public domain, and you taught my wife math at Santa Cruz.

Thomas Edison dahlia #dahlia

Raspberry bars …I stole one of the original 16 to make sure they turned out fine 😉—fortunately 15 still looks like a full pan’s worth nom nom nom :) #cookies

Holst’s Planets at the Bowl in the swanky box seats and all :)

Being classified (Tchaikovsky at the Bowl) :)

Major—how it started and how it’s going 8 months later #cat

I wrote my senators about Dr Jonathan Caravello—all arrestees have a right to their phone call and their lawyer: www.calfac.org/statement-co...

Bugs Bunny at the Bowl #HollywoodBowl

I continue to marvel at how much time and money I have just spent on this window—the ‘before’ picture is ikea curtains and a re-used rod that I put up shortly after we moved in 10 years ago. The ‘after’ will have to last about 80 years to achieve the same value-per-year numbers 🙄

Totally normal #cat

Four favorite pics from our recent trip

Time to find a new therapist.

Atlantic headline: US Strikes Iran…Without Texting us First?!? #pete #👊🇺🇸🔥